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Good! It’s high time we put in some protectionary measures to protect our domestic laptop assemblers!
by freeone3000 2y ago
Good! It’s high time we put in some protectionary measures to protect our domestic laptop assemblers!
- busterarm 2y agoYou mean Dell, HP and Lenovo? Heck, I could drive to the Lenovo plant on my lunch break...
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- MisterTea 2y agohttps://static.lenovo.com/ww/docs/sustainability/list-of-lenovo-mfg-sites-and-suppliers-27oct.pdf https://static.lenovo.com/ww/docs/sustainability/list-of-len... I doubt that USA factory does much more than packaging, final assembly and customization of business computers/servers.
- realo 2y agoI work for a big global company. We have started to see customers who refuse to buy our devices if Lenovo computers were used at anytime during their manufacture. Interesting times.
- watwut 2y agoCanadians?
- timeon 2y agoReminds me of those "made in Italy" Chinese bikes assembled and painted in Italy.
- gjsman-1000 2y agoGreat news for System76; and great news for if the tariffs stick around. We could use more computers made in Colorado.
- tredre3 2y agoSystem76 laptops are built in China by a Taiwanese company (Clevo). They did have plans to at least assemble laptops in America from Chinese parts (like they do for desktops), but it hasn't materialized yet as far as I know.
- gjsman-1000 2y agoSystem76 desktops (Thelio) are manufactured in Colorado.
- ta1243 2y agoPresumably assembled, from components made abroad.
- gjsman-1000 2y agoNo; from what I understand, almost every piece that can be made in the US, is. https://system76.com/manufacturing/ https://system76.com/manufacturing/
- xmodem 2y agoCould you cite something that goes into a bit more detail? The only claims for country-of-origin I see on that page are the "US-Sourced Materials" heading which clarifies "..using aluminum sourced from US companies."
- WillAdams 2y agoFrom your link: >Thelio desktops and Launch keyboards are designed, engineered, and manufactured at our factory in Denver, CO using aluminum sourced from US companies. which seems to only be the metal cases/bodies.
- 3D30497420 2y agoI'd expect pretty much all the internals are not from the US. Most of them seem to have AMD chips and NVIDIA graphic cards. I'd be shocked if the motherboards, RAM, drives, etc. are manufactured in the US. It seems one of the least complicated parts of the system, the case, is actually made in the US.
- whatshisface 2y agoOnly if we have a corresponding and equal subsidy to protect laptop buyers. :-)
- sangnoir 2y agoWould the subsidies be funded by the tariffs? If so, perhaps having the government print the vouchers ans have buyers apply for the vouchers 90 days before procurement by filling out the TF-1735 form, get the voucher, supply it to the importer who returns it to the Customs officer at point of importation, and the tariffs and vouchers will then be reconciled. Those who fail to get vouchers ahead of time can make claims in their tax filing for the current tax year. /s
- freeone3000 2y agoYou joke but China literally does this for VAT
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y agoFor the low, low price of dooming Ukraine, rebooting Guantanamo Bay, and oppressing non-binary people :)
- stronglikedan 2y ago[flagged]
- jszymborski 2y agohttps://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/01/28/state-department-passport-gender-marker/77976486007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/01/28/state-... https://www.vox.com/politics/399502/transgender-passports-lgbtq-trump-marco-rubio-travel-gender https://www.vox.com/politics/399502/transgender-passports-lg...
- Jysix 2y ago[flagged]
- jszymborski 2y agoFreedom of movement / right to travel is a human right which is being denied to US citizens on the basis of their gender. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement
- account42 2y ago> Fox handed over the documents, paid, and received a slip for pickup of her [sic] passport after January 28 > she [sic] was ultimately able to collect her [sic] new ID documents — albeit with the male identity marker — on February 3. So less than a week of delay during a transitionary period? That is after messing up the application with wrong information.
- realo 2y ago
- hn92726819 2y agoAh yes. What would the ever-benevolent American corporations do if we stopped shielding them from competition? We already know what they'll do from when the same thing happened to Japanese cars in the 60s... American companies will change nothing and then jack the prices up to just below tariff increases.